http://www.scienceline.org/2006/09/11/ask-grant-irwin/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.scienceline.org/2006/09/11/ask-grant-irwin/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Rochelle Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:03:49 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/09/11/ask-grant-irwin/#comment-466 in a recent counseling lesson, i was working with a child who was perseverating about the death of the crocodile hunter. I cut my losses and allowed him to search the net for relevant articles, and yours was selected. Trying to gain some educational value, i asked him to read aloud and to tell me who wrote the article. The child said your name. Interesting that a former rickshaw driver can make it all the way in the big apple. Mazel tov on your accomplishments! in a recent counseling lesson, i was working with a child who was perseverating about the death of the crocodile hunter. I cut my losses and allowed him to search the net for relevant articles, and yours was selected. Trying to gain some educational value, i asked him to read aloud and to tell me who wrote the article. The child said your name. Interesting that a former rickshaw driver can make it all the way in the big apple. Mazel tov on your accomplishments!

]]> http://www.scienceline.org/2006/09/11/ask-grant-irwin/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Ma Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:21:12 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/09/11/ask-grant-irwin/#comment-122 Good article, Bob. I suffered a stingray's barb going through my foot and it was incredibly painful. We treated it incorrectly until my college roomie ran up to a fire station to ask for first aid (we were stuck in traffic en route to hospital) - they sent her back to the car with HOT water: venum needs to come out, not be frozen with ice packs. That change of temp on my foot was painful, too! And to ruin the entire vacation, antibiotics require a cessation of alcohol consumption.... bummer. Good article, Bob. I suffered a stingray’s barb going through my foot and it was incredibly painful. We treated it incorrectly until my college roomie ran up to a fire station to ask for first aid (we were stuck in traffic en route to hospital) – they sent her back to the car with HOT water: venum needs to come out, not be frozen with ice packs. That change of temp on my foot was painful, too!
And to ruin the entire vacation, antibiotics require a cessation of alcohol consumption…. bummer.

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